SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: Cellarity Inc., a life sciences company founded by Flagship Pioneering to transform the way medicines are created, announced today the expansion of its collaboration with Novo Nordisk A/S. The research collaboration will further leverage Novo Nordisk's expertise in metabolic disease and Cellarity's proprietary platform technology to unlock a new potentia  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: Novo Nordisk, Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMGA) ("Omega"), and Cellarity Inc. today announced that Novo Nordisk has entered into separate research collaborations with each company. The Omega collaboration will leverage its proprietary platform technology to develop an epigenomic controller designed to enhance metabolic activity as a part of a potent  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news: * * * Findings suggest need to consider reproductive health alongside prevention of insect-borne diseases * * * By Stephanie Dutchen Researchers have uncovered evidence hinting that the most common bug spray ingredient, DEET, might cause reproductive problems by affecting the formation of egg cells during pregnancy. The findings come from a study in C. elegans -- worms that don't look like they have  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced that preliminary revenue collections for December totaled $3.776 billion, $82 million or 2.1% less than actual collections in December 2022, and $138 million or 3.5% below benchmark.[1] FY2024 year-to-date collections totaled approximately $17.869 billion, which is $60 million or 0.3% m  more

WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts, Jan. 2 -- Massachusetts Bay Community College issued the following news release: This spring, MassBay Community College is offering free workforce training courses for eligible Massachusetts residents in Automotive Damage Appraisal, Behavioral Health Technician I, Behavioral Health Technician II, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), English as a Second Language (ESL), and Phlebotomy. These grant funded courses are one-semester an  more

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- MITRE issued the following news release: Technology has the potential to enhance our travel experiences throughout the surface transportation ecosystem, as well as improve safety, reliability, and equity. However, user attitudes - from reticence toward AI to the importance of sustainability - underscore the need for planning. A new MITRE-Harris Poll on transportation found that U.S. residents believe their transportation experience will improve in the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- Northeastern University issued the following news: Christie Chung, a professor and director at Mills Institute, wrote "Inspire to Include" with her 8-year-old daughter, Olivia, after the youngster was inspired by seeing her mother working on manuscripts. Olivia Ono always sees her mom, Christie Chung, writing. The associate dean for research, scholarship and partnerships at Northeastern University's Oakland campus, Chung is working on a book and has w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Transistor performs energy-efficient associative learning at room temperature * * * Taking inspiration from the human brain, scientists have developed a new synaptic transistor capable of higher-level thinking, according to results published in the journal Nature. Designed by scientists at Northwestern University, Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute  more